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Police said Elijah Carter entered a home on Ormsby Court through a window, told the victim he was armed and demanded $200 in cash and other items.

The victim also said Carter threatened to kill him and his two children, according to the arrest report.

An officer was sent to the home early Wednesday morning after someone called 911 and the dispatcher thought she heard a home invasion in progress in the background.

As the officer arrived at the home, a light blue van was seen leaving the scene.

Officers went into the home and found an 8-year-old girl hiding in the attic who told them a man came into the house and took her dad.

Police found the van at a PNC bank ATM at South Fourth and Oak streets, but as officers approached Carter ran from the vehicle. Police quickly arrested him.

Police said Carter made the victim carry his flat screen TV out to the victim's van and then forced the victim to drive him to the ATM and withdraw $200 or he was going to kill the victim and the victim's 6-year-old son.

According to the arrest report, Carter choked the victim's 6-year-old son, causing redness and swelling to the boy's throat.

Carter is charged with first-degree burglary, kidnapping of an adult, kidnapping of a child, fleeing or evading police and first-degree wanton endangerment.